Hana Headquarters News & Information
“The last 20 or so blog posts”
Riki Tiki Tavi?
As you drive the Road to Hana, there is an excellent chance you will see a small, brown, ferret-like creature come running out of a thicket of sugar cane. It's a mongoose, a little creature first brought to Maui by British settlers looking for a way to control the...
Weather Update for Sunday January 19th.
Today...Sunny. Highs around 78 at The shore to around 64 at 5000 feet. Light winds becoming north up to 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Tonight...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers after midnight. Lows around 64 at The shore to around 50 at 5000 feet. Light...
Blink and you’ve missed it!
Ooops - you just drove past the mile marker you've been looking for, and all you see on the road ahead is narrow, one-lane bridges - there's no where to turn around in sight. The best thing to do is be patient, after all, the Road to Hana is about the journey. No...
Weather Report for Friday January 17th.
Today...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the morning...Then isolated showers in the afternoon. Highs around 79 at The shore to around 66 at 5000 feet. East winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Tonight...Partly cloudy. Lows around 65 at The shore to around...
Maui’s Mantokuji Soto Zen Temple.
In 1906, Japanese immigrants from Horoshima founded a soto zen temple just outside of Paia. Today, this temple represents Maui's asian heritage. During memorial services, temple goers string lei's and lanterns above headstones, in a beautiful expression of the...
Weather Update for Wednesday January 15th.
Today...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers in the morning. Highs around 79 at The shore to around 65 at 5000 feet. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Tonight...Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the evening. Lows around 65 at The shore to around 49...
Maui, the Valley Isle
Maui is often referred to as the Valley Isle. This is because Maui is actually made up of two volcanoes with a bridge of flat land between them. Maui used to be one big island, but as sea levels have risen the present-day geography has emerged, and now the valley...
Weather Forecast for Monday January 13th.
Rest Of Today...Mostly sunny with isolated showers early in the morning...Then partly sunny with scattered showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Haze through the day. Some thunderstorms May produce heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Locally heavy...
Maui has two volcanoes!
The island of Maui is composed of two volcanoes, with a valley in the middle that forms a land bridge. The eastern volcano is Haleakala, a 10,000 foot shield volcano whose name means "House of the Sun". Haleakala's elevation means that it sometimes - briefly - has...
Weather Update for Saturday January 11th.
Today...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning...Then numerous showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the afternoon. Highs around 81 at The shore to around 66 at 5000...
The Garden of Eden.
This stop along the Road to Hana really lives up to its name - the Garden of Eden. For a $15 per person fee, you can walk through paths containing 750 botanically labeled plants, including a 100 year old mango tree. One of the coolest things to see in the Garden of...
Waianapanapa State Park.
Waianapanapa State Park is one of the best stops on the Road to Hana. Part of what makes it unforgettable is the view overlooking the black sand beach. Walk up a set of steps leading away from the beach and towards the blowhole, and stop for a minute to take it all...
Weather Report for Wednesday January 8th.
Today...Mostly cloudy with numerous showers. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the afternoon. Highs around 77 at The shore to around 63 at 5000 feet. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 45 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Tonight...Mostly cloudy with numerous...
Weather Forecast for Monday January 6th.
Today...Partly sunny with scattered showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs around 78 at The shore to around 64 at 5000 feet. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the northeast in the late morning and afternoon. Gusts up...
The town of Haiku.
Maliko Gulch - the entrance to the big wave surfing spot of Jaws - also marks the beginning of the town of Haiku, where million dollar mansions sit side by side with restored plantation shacks and chickens freely wander the yards between the two. Haiku is known for...
Weather Report for Saturday January 4th.
Today...Mostly sunny with isolated showers. Highs around 75 at The shore to around 60 at 5000 feet. Northeast winds around 10 mph with higher gusts. Chance of rain 20 percent. Tonight...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Lows 58 to 63 at The shore to around 43 at...
Haiku and the pineapple industry.
With the help of the key crop of pineapple, the community of Haiku really hit its stride in the early 20th century. In 1904, the first local cannery was built, and people came from all over the Pacific Rim to work in and manage the pineapple fields around Haiku. The...
Weather Report for Thursday January 2nd.
Today...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Slight chance of thunderstorms and isolated showers. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs around 78 at The shore to around 64 at 5000 feet. Light winds becoming west around 10 mph with higher gusts in...
Haiku and the sugar industry.
Maui's little community of Haiku played a pivotal role in the early days of the sugar industry when two missionary's sons - named Samuel Alexander and Henry Baldwin - planted twelve acres of the new crop there in the early 1960s. The very next year, they built on...
Weather Report for Tuesday December 31st.
Rest Of Today...Sunny with isolated showers in the morning... Then partly sunny with scattered showers in the afternoon. Highs around 78 at The shore to around 63 at 5000 feet. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Tonight...Mostly cloudy with scattered...
The Blowhole at Waianapanapa.
A blowhole is a hole in the ground connected to an underwater ocean cave and when conditions, like tide levels, are just right, a stream of air and water are forced out of the hole like a jet. Now, to many the blowhole at Waianapanapa doesn't appear to be very...
Weather Forecast for Sunday December 29th.
Today...Mostly cloudy. Occasional showers in the morning...Then scattered showers in the afternoon. Highs around 75 at The shore to around 60 at 5000 feet. Northeast winds around 10 mph with higher gusts. Chance of rain 80 percent. Tonight...Mostly cloudy. Scattered...
